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yob

1

[ yob ]

noun

, British Slang.
  1. a teenage lout or hooligan.


y.o.b.

2

abbreviation for

  1. year of birth.

yob

/ ˈjɒbəʊ; jɒb /

noun

  1. slang.
    an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yob1

First recorded in 1855–60; a consciously reversed form of boy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yob1

C19: perhaps back slang for boy
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Example Sentences

Anti-immigrant yobs rampaged after three children were stabbed, blaming immigrants as they vandalized businesses and battled with police.

"The boy wasn't known for anything. Just for being a yob."

From BBC

A reliably controversial pundit, Sir Bernard refused to retreat from the view that the Hillsborough disaster - which claimed the lives of 96 football supporters in 1989 - had been caused by "tanked-up yobs".

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But this story of yobs spitting gobs turns into a busy production that’s as bombastic and overly filigreed as a prog-rock keyboard solo.

The principal accused, Salah Abdeslam, he called "a little yob trying to magnify his pathetic existence by pretending to be a warrior".

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